UPM Receives FSC Certification for Forests in Finland

UPM, Helsinki, Finland, reports that it is the first Finnish company to be awarded a certificate for complying with the new FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) standard. The FSC certificate covers some half of UPM's forests in Finland. UPM's forests have previously been awarded a PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes) certificate.

"FSC certification of Finnish forests further expands UPM's portfolio of eco-labeled products. We already have the markets' most extensive selection of paper products with the EU Ecolabel. Forest certificates, such as FSC and PEFC are a guarantee to our customers that our wood fiber comes from sustainably managed forests," says Thomas Ehrnrooth, VP, Marketing, Paper.

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